I love Avid DVD- quick & looks great. If you had Avid DVD with MC7 you still own it & you can still use your original key code. Go to your Avid account and look for the products you own. When you find Avid DVD you will be able to redownload it and your key code should be there also. I just put...
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Hello, I'm a Media Composer user, and I've got a few questions. MY SITUATION: My main editing machine was stolen. I didn't have any images of the boot drive (I know...bad move.). I'm a student using Media Composer; a few years ago, I purchased a bundle which included MC 5.5, Sorenson...
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YOU DID IT, GREG!!! Fantastic--this workflow you outlined works wonderfully, and I have been able to burn DVDs left and right from my HDV projects. Your assistance on this is INVALUABLE! Forgive me for taking so long to respond. Thank you also to the others who responded. While I recognize there are...
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Hi, I just installed MC7 tonight. One of the problems I had with MC5.5 was getting Avid DVD by Sonic to activate - and lo and behold - the same problem three versions on! Can anyone tell me WHY it won't activate?! The message I get is that the license key is invalid, and yet it accepted the key ...
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Hi John, I was following all your Tipps & Rules & Ideas, but ... it does not runs. I am at my wit's end. http://www.pic-upload.de/view-19845068/AVID-DVD.jpg.html What make me sadly is: I find NOTHING about this Error Code in the WWW. Are I am really only the one worldwide who had this error...
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Hi, I have a big problem to authoring a DVD (PAL). (120 min, 16 Subtitle tracks, motion menus etc.). I was to try AVID DVD 6.1.1 also last version 6.4.4 And also I try it on 4 different computers ( 8 to 16 RAM Memory)... But it`s all over the same damned problem: - you can work with avid dvd only for...
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Ok, thank you for that advice. How would I go about adding any transition to a menu button? In Encore, All you have to do is "link an asset" to the button. I don't see how I can do that in Avid DVD.
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Hi, I am an Avid DVD user, and I was wondering how to create button transitions for DVD/BD menus. This feature is very important for a professionally authored DVD or BD. It is very easy in Adobe Encore, but it does not seem to be as obvious or intuitive in Avid DVD. Could someone please give me some...
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[quote user="jwrl"]The approach for Sorenson is to export a QT ref file from Avid and compress in Sorenson to MPEG2, setting your compression there to 16:9 format . [/quote] This is so helpful to the problem I've been facing lately. I have a project I shot on HDV and have exported as a...
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